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                                                                    EXHIBIT 3.83

[STAMP]

                       CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP AND MERGER
                                     MERGING
                              TREITLER-OWENS, INC.
                                      INTO
                      OWENS-BROCKWAY PLASTIC PRODUCTS INC.

             (Pursuant to Section 253 of the General Corporation Law
                                  of Delaware)

          OWENS-BROCKWAY PLASTIC PRODUCTS INC., a corporation incorporated on
the 15th day of June, 1960, pursuant to the provisions of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware;

          DOES HEREBY CERTIFY that this Corporation owns 100% of the capital
stock of TREITLER-OWENS, INC., a corporation incorporated on the 29th day of
January, 1976, pursuant to the provisions of the Business Corporation Act of the
State of New Jersey, and that this Corporation, by a resolution of its Board of
Directors duly adopted by unanimous written consent in lieu of a meeting as of
the 14th day of December, 1995, determined to and did merge into itself said
TREITLER-OWENS, INC., which resolution is in the following words, to wit:

               WHEREAS this Corporation lawfully owns 100% of the
          outstanding stock of Treitler-Owens, Inc., a corporation
          organized and existing under the laws of New Jersey; and

               WHEREAS this Corporation desires to merge into itself
          the said Treitler-Owens, Inc., and to be possessed of all
          the estate, property, rights, privileges and franchises of
          said Corporation;

               NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that this Corporation
          merges into itself said Treitler-Owens, Inc. and assumes all
          of its liabilities and obligations; and

               FURTHER RESOLVED, that the president or a
          vice-president, and the secretary or an assistant

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          secretary of this Corporation be and they hereby are
          directed to make and execute, under the corporate seal of
          this Corporation, a certificate of ownership and merger
          setting forth a copy of the resolution to merge said
          Treitler-Owens, Inc. into this Corporation and assume its
          liabilities and obligations, and the date of adoption
          thereof, and to file the same in the office of the Secretary
          of State of the State of Delaware, and a certified copy
          thereof in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of New Castle
          County; and

               FURTHER RESOLVED, that this merger shall be effective
          December 31, 1995 at 12:01 a.m.

               FURTHER RESOLVED, that the officers of this Corporation
          be, and they hereby are, authorized and directed to do all
          acts and things whatsoever, whether within or without the
          state of Delaware; which may be in any way necessary or
          proper to effect said merger.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said OWENS-BROCKWAY PLASTIC PRODUCTS INC. has
caused this certificate to be signed by David G. Van Hooser, its Vice President
and attested by James W. Baehren, its Secretary, this 14th day of December,
1995.

                                        OWENS-BROCKWAY PLASTIC PRODUCTS INC.

                                        By:  /s/ David G. Van Hooser
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                                            David G. Van Hooser
                                            Vice President

                                        ATTEST:  /s/ James W. Baehren
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                                                James W. Baehren
                                                Secretary

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